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Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021
Mainly national-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland in the first full year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.
Table 27 Statutory throughcare in custody by sentence type: 2016-17 to 2020-21
| Cases commenced | Caseload at 31 March | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | |
| Number | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,042 | 1,042 | 1,064 | 999 | 629 | 3,328 | 3,408 | 3,468 | 3,755 | 3,529 |
| Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) | 443 | 460 | 469 | 403 | 232 | 1,469 | 1,543 | 1,509 | 1,687 | 1,574 |
| Extended sentence | 167 | 129 | 133 | 129 | 88 | 558 | 526 | 581 | 608 | 594 |
| Life sentence | 34 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 16 | 770 | 756 | 766 | 774 | 783 |
| Order for lifelong restriction | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 119 | 139 | 157 | 155 | 160 |
| Short-term sex offender1 | 116 | 149 | 195 | 156 | 113 | 115 | 132 | 159 | 192 | 168 |
| Supervised release order | 277 | 263 | 220 | 267 | 173 | 297 | 312 | 296 | 339 | 250 |
| Percentage | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) | 42.5 | 44.1 | 44.1 | 40.3 | 36.9 | 44.1 | 45.3 | 43.5 | 44.9 | 44.6 |
| Extended sentence | 16.0 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 16.8 |
| Life sentence | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 23.1 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 20.6 | 22.2 |
| Order for lifelong restriction | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Short-term sex offender1 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 18.3 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Supervised release order | 26.6 | 25.2 | 20.7 | 26.7 | 27.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.1 |
1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
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